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Inflation Targets in a Monetary Union with Endogenous Entry

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  • Stéphane Auray

    (Université Lille 3 (GREMARS), Université de Sherbrooke (GREDI) and CIRPÉE)

  • Aurélien Eyquem

    (GATE, UMR 5824, Université de Lyon and Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines, France)

  • Jean-Christophe Poutineau

    (CREM (UMR 6211) Universite de Rennes 1 and Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France.)

Abstract

This paper shows that in a monetary union the interest rate rule of the Central Bank should react to the in°ation rate of the Harmonized Index of Consumption Price (HICP) rather than to the inflation rate of the Welfare-Based Consumption Price (WBCP). In a two{country general equilibrium model of the EMU with endogenous entry, we compare both monetary policy regimes and find that targeting the HICP inflation rate reduces the volatility of the Producer Price Index (PPI) in°ation rate and the volatility of the nominal .

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  • Stéphane Auray & Aurélien Eyquem & Jean-Christophe Poutineau, 2009. "Inflation Targets in a Monetary Union with Endogenous Entry," Cahiers de recherche 09-02, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke.
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    Keywords

    monetary union; interest rate rule; harmonized index of consumption price;
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    JEL classification:

    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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